Folic acid supplementation stimulates notch signaling and cell proliferation in embryonic neural stem cells

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-180

  Liu, Huan ^a   Huang, Guo Wei ^a   Zhang, Xu Mei ^a   Ren, Da Lin ^a   Wilson, John X ^b  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Neural stem cell; Notch; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; FOLIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; NESTIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 5;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

RATTUS;

EID: 77956578022     PISSN: 09120009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.10-47     Document Type: Article

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